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Project / Collection Stowe Collection Place Chester, Cheshire Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Stowe MS 141

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 141
Title:
Warrants, official and private letters from the reigns of Henry IV to James VI and I
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–86v: Original papers, warrants, official and private letters, from the reigns of Henry IV to James I and VI. The volume includes several letters from abbots of monasteries before the Dissolution, the reports to the Privy Council of Commissioners appointed to take account of Church goods i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
between 1399-1625
Extent:

1 volume

2. Stowe MS 726

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 726
Title:
Scope & Content:
BLAZON of the arms on the monuments in the churches of St. Michael, St. Bridget, St. Mary, St. Olave, and St. John, in Chester; in the hand of Francis Bassano. Followed (f. 10) by the corresponding inscriptions, in a different hand. At f. 1 Bassano has written, above his own signature: "E A O. M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 754

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 754
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. III. (ff. 280). LETTERS On various topics; 21 Feb. 1757-21 Oct. 1768. (At the end of Vol. III. a letter to Thomas Astle, 4 July, 1797, is inserted.) includes: ff. 1, 10 Cæsar Ward, of York: Letters to Dr. C. Lyttelton: 1749-1758. ff. 2, 8, 18, 50, 64, 74, 78, 80, 89, 96, 100, 106, 116, 11...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1757-4 Jul 1797
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 811

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 811
Title:
Scope & Content:
COLLECTIONS for the history of Chester, containing:- 1. "The antiquitie[s] of the most antient and famous cittie of Chester., collected by learned and experienced authors of great antiquity, being here born," etc.; chiefly derived from the collections of Robert Rogers, Archdeacon of Chester (s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 812

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 812
Title:
Scope & Content:
PAPERS relating to a suit between the city of Chester and Sir Ranulph Crewe, Chief Justice of the King's Bench 1625-6, concerning the tolls at the East-gate; 1627-1631. For more documents respecting the same suit, see Harley MS. 2091, ff. 243-300. At the beginning is a table of contents, in the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1627-1631
Extent:
1 item